Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift..

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Swallow-tailed :: Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat..
Hirundo :: Hirundo (n.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows; the gullet.
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
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